Sterilizer.



P. G. TRIQUET.

STBRILIZER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1912.

Patented Mar. 10, 191i [12 awn/m? llllllllllrflll/llll A I Q t I I Jtion.

NITE STATES arana clarion] PAUL GABRIEL TRIQUET, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

STEBILIZER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914;.

Application filed May 9, 1912. Serial No. 696,275.

To all whom it may concern:

ie it known that 1, PAUL Gunmen Tarnn'r, a citizen of the FrenchRepublic, and resident of Paris, France, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Stern lizers, of which the following is aspecifica- This invention relates to means for sterilizing water by theuse of electric mercury lamps which generate ultra-violet and similarrays.

The object of the present invention is to provide means forindependently mounting the lamps, to afford convenience in assembliugthe parts, and when storing the apparatus.

My invention also comprehends improvements in the details ofconstruction and arra'ngcment of parts which will be hereinafterdescribed and particularly pointed out w in the claims:

' bearings 71/.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of my improved sterilizer.Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same.

a indicates a tank or receptacle provided at its bottom with an inletpipe I), and at its top with an outlet pipe 0. The tank is provided atdifl'ercnt levels with alined openings 0 from which extend housings a.Each housing is provided with a detachable cover if, formed with acentral opening, through which extends the stem j, of a lamp actuatingdevice, which is formed on its inner end with a bearing j.

Suitably supported in the center of the tank a, is a vertical shaft 0.and on this shaft are flanges it, provided with alined One of theseflanges is arranged in alincment with opposite alincd openings 6", andthe bearings it are in alinement with the hearings on the ends of theactuating devices.

Supported in each bearing on the actuating device and the bearing in theflange h, in alinement with said actuating device is a mercury lamp (Z.Each lamp comprises a stirrup f, from the ends of which projecttrunnions g and g, which fit in bearings h and 7', respectively, thelamp proper being supported by the stirrup. lVires w and :11 extend fromeach lamp and through insulated blocks 70, in each housing 0.

It is to be noted that two alined lamps are arranged across the tank (I,at dill'crent levels, the respective pairs of adjacent lamps beingdisposed at right angles to the other.

On theccnter shaft 0', below each pair of lamps is a deflector Z, whichdeflects the \\'a ter into the path of the respective lamps.

In operation, the water passes into the tank through pipe I), and issubjected to the action of the rays of light given oil' by the variouslamps, and linally passes out through the outlet pipe 0.

By arranging the parts as described, the covers '5 can. be quicklyremoved and the lamps inserted or rm'noved.

Having now fully described my said invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. An apparatus for sterilizing water comprising a receptacle formedwith side pockets said, receptacle having water inlet and outletopenings, a central support in the receptacle, a lamp supporting deviceextending from each pocket to the central support, hearings on thesupport'and in the pockets to receive the lamp supports, a horizontallamp mounted in' each lamp support, means for supplying each lamp withcurrent, and means outside the receptacle for individually adjusting thelamp supports.

2. In an apparatus for sterilizing water, comprising a receptacle havingwater inlet and outlet openings, a central. vertical support in thereceptacle, the receptacle having pockets arranged in dill'erent levels,a detachahle head for each pocket, :1 bearing in each pocket, bearingson the central vertical support in alinement with the bearings in thepockets, lamp frames supported in the bearings, lamps mounted in thelamp supports, and batllcs mounted on the central vertical support, oneof. said balllcs being located under each lamp.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

PAUL GABRIEL TRIQIIET.

Witnesses MGCALANIEN.

. H. C. Coxn.

